Volkssturm members with MG 81. Near Königsberg/East Prussia, March 1945. (Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J28805)

Volkssturm with MG 81

German soldiers moving up to the front. Northern France, summer 1944. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-301-1952-10)

To the front

German envoy of (2nd from L-R) Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895 - 1945), General Eberhard Kinzel (1897 - 1945) and General Ernst Busch (1885 - 1945) meeting with Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery (1887 - 1976) (L) after agreeing to the terms of German surrender, Luneburg Heath, Germany, World War II, May 4, 1945